Federal Emergency Management Advancement of Equity Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 5775 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5775 To ensure greater equity in Federal disaster assistance policies and programs by authorizing an equity steering group and equity advisor within the Federal Emergency Management Agency, improving data collection to measure disparate outcomes and participation barriers, requiring equity criteria to be applied to policies and programs, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 27, 2023 Mr. Thompson of Mississippi (for himself, Mrs. Ramirez, Ms. Norton, Ms. Velazquez, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Higgins of New York, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Payne, Mr. Cardenas, Mr. Swalwell, Ms. Titus, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Mr. Robert Garcia of California, Mr. Moskowitz, and Mr. Thanedar) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker…